חָרַר

“Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!”

“Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.”

“Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.”

“I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”

“The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.”

“My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.”

“Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.”

“For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.”

“Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.”